Lucky Boy

Producer in Lane county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036342
MRDS ID M025122
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Boy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.34338, 44.21093 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lane(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue River(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McKenzie River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mckenzie(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Willamette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Lane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 015S 004E 32 SE OF SE OF SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 14 PATENTED CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Little Butte Volcanics
    Rock description Little Butte Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.34338, 44.21093

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 33 W N 45-90 W
    Dip 80 NE
    Width 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Intersection

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887

Mining district

District name Blue River

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 228.6M
    Overall length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5000 FT ON SEVEN LEVELS. LOWEST LEVEL REPORTEDLY DID NOT REACH THE VEIN. ITEMS12-15 MAY INCLUDE A SMALL PRODUCTION FROM OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE BLUE RIVER DISTRICT. PRODUCTION TOTALED $200,000 1896-1912.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 302

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 48

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 119

  • Production

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK (1951); BROOKS AND RAMP (1968)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIVE VEINS. PRODUCTION WAS FROM AN ORE SHOOT AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE LUCKY BOY AND DAISY CREEK VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references